Birth: October-December 1869 Portsea, Hampshire, UK
Father: Charles Croucher 1828-1903
Mother: Sarah Frances Wilson (Willson) 1830-1881
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: April-June 1894 Portsea Island, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Ada Friend 1870-a1901
Death: After 1901
Dorothy Ada Croucher 1895-a1901
Eric James Croucher 1899-a1919
Entry in the Register of Births for James Edmund Croucher in October-December 1869 in Portsea (2b 443).
In the 1871 census as James Croucher aged 1, born in Portsea and living with his parents (Charles and Sarah), two brothers (Charles and Richd), and three sisters (Ellen, Freda (sic in the index, Tresa on the original), and Sarah) at 13 Church Park, Portsea, Hampshire.
In the 1881 census as Jas Croucher aged 12, born in Portsea, and living with his parents (Chas ansd Sarah), two brothers (Chas and Richd) and five sisters (Charlotte, Ellen, Rachel, Sarah and Theresa) at 1 Crown St, St Mary, Landport, Portsea.
His mother died shortly afterwards in 1881.
In the 1891 census as James Croucher, aged 20, born in Portsmouth, unmarried, employed as a stoker navy, and living with his widowed father (Charles), two brothers (Charles and Richard), and two sisters (Ellen and Rachel) at 1 Crown St, St Mary, Landport, Portsea.
The marriage of James Croucher and Ada Friend is in FreeBMD in April-June 1894 in Portsea Island (2b 840).
In the 1901 census as James Croucher aged 29, born in Portsmouth, employed as a stoker 1st class, and living with his wife (Ada), son (Eric James) and daughter (Dorothy Ada) at 176 Clive St. St Mary, Portsea.